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Hello, everyone watching "songs". I'm Hikaru Utada.
It's been five years and eight months since I sang on TV for the first time in five years and eight months.
I think it must have been so hard for me. I've used up all my energy and feelings.
Instead of that, I was able to sing in a very beautiful non-daily set and it was a lot of fun.
Since we had a long break from activities and there's a lot to talk about, I'd like you to let me talk a lot about songs from now on.
I bit you a little.
This year, I, Hikaru Utada, is back in music activities for the first time in six years.
This song was the first song that reached us.
Anataba wo Kimi Ni
I, Mitsuki Takahata, am the heroine and the theme song of "Toto".
When I found out that Utada-san was singing the theme song, I was so happy that I thought it was a dream.
Let's get started! Making a new magazine!
This song was playing a lot of times on the set, too.
A lot of encounters and goodbyes that happened in music markets.
I was pushed back by this song.
We were the best family.
I was happy to be with Toto.
Finally, tonight, Utada Hikaru will perform this song for the first time.
I'm sorry.
And now for the question I want to know the most.
Ms. Utada, during your six-year break, what were you doing?
I didn't have a daily life like this before.
I was like, "Oh, it's late. It's like a little youth."
Ms. Fujikeiko, mother of Mr. Utada, who passed away three years ago...
What is it you want to tell her now?
There was a time when I could see my mother in every phenomenon.
Everyone had their own starting point, and my starting point was my mother.
Tonight, Ms. Itoi Shigesato, a copywriter, will speak with Utada Hikaru.
And now for the six questions I want to ask her.
Her break from activities, her separation from her mother, and her birth.
She talked about a lot of things on TV that she had never talked about before.
She's already 33 years old.
- She can't help it if she hasn't changed. - She has a child, too.
And now, Yosui Inoue will reveal the secret of Utada Hikaru's lyrics.
Why did Utada Hikaru become able to face her mother's death?
What did she gain from quitting singing?
Six years have passed.
"Humans," Utada Hikaru.
Now, her song will shake our hearts again.
Hello, nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too.
It's been six years since you've done this show for the first time in a while.
Oh, you mean my TV work?
Yes, TV.
I see.
And I could tell that you were very nervous.
Oh, I'm not as nervous as I used to be.
Oh, really?
I wasn't good at TV work and I was always nervous.
But now...
I'm much more relaxed than I used to be.
Oh, really?
I wasn't good at it before.
Hikaru Utada was born in 1983 in the United States.
Her debut album sold two CDs and set a new record in Japan.
She was a 15-year-old high school student who attracted attention from all over Japan.
Real lyrics that move your heart.
Sound that transcends genres that you can create yourself.
Her appearance changed the music industry in Japan.
In 2007, "Flavor of Life" was downloaded and sold worldwide.
It was a coincidence.
Hikaru Utada climbed up and became a representative artist of Japan.
However, 12 years after her debut, she made a sudden announcement.
It's been a while since I've posted an important message.
I woke up at 7 a.m. and wrote it.
Everyone was surprised by the announcement to stop activities.
It was a reason to focus on human activities.
At this time, she was 27 years old.
I don't know.
I wonder if she's reading it.
She didn't react at all.
Or she was super sharp.
Itoi-san reacted to that announcement.
I want to scout you.
I wish I could get a job by mistake.
I can play word games with Chakumi.
Utada Hikaru also reacted immediately.
It didn't come true, but it became a big topic.
What on earth was "human activity declaration"?
From here, she decided to stop.
She talks about her feelings at the time.
When you said you were taking a break,
I thought it was interesting and asked you if you'd come over.
I'm sure you remember.
Yes, I do.
We talked about it several times at the time.
It was fun for me, but how was it for you at the time?
I've been doing music all the time.
Since I was young, I wanted to stop there for a while.
I wanted to do something other than music and grow up.
That's what "human activity" was about.
I didn't want to criticize it or complain about it.
I just wanted people to say, "Oh, really? Then let's do it."
I was happy that there were people who played with me like that.
I thought I should work and work part-time at home with about 40 percent seriousness.
But I really wanted to do that.
I wanted to do a normal job.
I wanted to work at overseas cafes and restaurants.
I wanted to work in a bookstore or anything.
The only thing that keeps me doing what everyone wants me to do is becoming the person everyone wants me to be.
- That's why you don't have yourself anymore. - Yes, I don't have myself anymore.
My true self and my own image are getting bigger and bigger, and I'm running away from it.
In the end, I don't know what kind of situation I'm in and I don't know much about myself.
- I totally agree with you. - Thank you for looking at me like that.
When I quit my job for the first time, I realized that I couldn't do anything on my own.
To put it simply, I didn't know how to live my life.
I didn't know how to move around or how to get food.
I didn't have any ability to live as a person in society.
After the announcement of suspension of activities, Hikaru Utada left Japan.
It was a time when she didn't have to do anything for the first time since her debut.
What on earth was she doing?
- Did you sing during that time? - No, I didn't sing at all.
I practiced singing at home and sang my favorite songs.
- Did you sing other people's songs? - Yes, I did.
I didn't sing my own songs, but I sang other people's songs.
But I hardly sang at all.
I'm sure you've heard "What are you guys doing?"
To put it simply, I got rid of the pressure of work and what I was asked for.
I went to the language school and libraries that I wanted to learn.
For some reason, I made a lot of young friends.
We played like 20 years old.
I hadn't experienced anything like that before.
It was like a little youth that came late.
It was fun.
I think it's fun.
No one knew me.
Because you didn't know me.
That's right.
I was just a person.
Even if I was asked what I was doing, I would say that I was working at a record company.
Has your daily life changed since you took a break?
For some reason, I didn't have a daily life.
It's a crazy life of a musician.
I woke up until the wide show in the morning and did something or made something.
It's a completely different life from the world.
Has it changed now?
Especially for children, if you don't wake up early and live a regular life every day, you won't be able to have it and you won't be able to take care of it.
It's been a long time since I woke up early in the morning and slept at the same time and ate at the same time.
Youth and everyday life I got for the first time.
However, great sadness attacks her.
Three years ago, my mother, Keiko Fujii, passed away.
At the same time as my mother, the great singer Keiko Fujii.
For Hikaru Utada, it was a huge thing.
The existence of a mother is a big mother even for us.
For example, when I saw my mother on stage, I thought, "Wow, that's amazing."
She was a small woman who said "kya kya" normally, but when she went up on stage and sang, I thought, "Wow, that's amazing."
And when she started singing, I thought, "Wow, all of a sudden, a character from a combat-type manga comes out and suddenly puts in a lot of effort, and her body gets bigger, and an aura of energy comes out of her body, doesn't it?"
That's what it looked like, but she's a very unique, very pure, very nice and beautiful person.
So why is she so huge for me? I think it's just because she's my mother.
Can I ask you something? I don't know if it's okay, but when your mother died, you thought you were big, didn't you?
Well, I was big. I was big.
There was a time when I could see my mother in every phenomenon.
It didn't matter what it was, and at first I thought, "Wow, it's hard, I don't like it," but in the end, everyone has their own origin, and my origin was my mother.
So it's only natural for her to be included in all the phenomena in my world, isn't it?
Her existence itself is natural.
Yes, in the end, my position in the world comes from my parents, so I think it's only natural.
But until then, I thought it was sad, but suddenly I thought, "Oh, that's great," and now I can feel it, so I thought it might be great, didn't I?
April of this year, activities resume.
The first song I released was "Flower Basket to You."
It was a song that honestly conveyed my feelings for my mother, who was my origin.
No matter what words you line up...
...it won't be the truth.
Today, I'll send you...
...a bouquet of tears...
...to you.
Well, she's honest.
Yes, she is.
She's so honest it makes me feel good.
Well, it's a letter, right?
Ah, I see.
In the end...
Yes, it feels good to hear this because...
...well...
...since there aren't enough words...
...on the contrary, she brings it to the bouquet.
Yes.
Is it okay for me to just send you a bouquet?
That's what people say in everyday society...
...but on the contrary...
...it's not words, it's a bouquet.
Japanese families...
...don't say "I love you" to each other...
...or anything like that...
...and I understand that feeling...
...as a Japanese person.
For example, "I love you" is...
"Ah, I love you" in English...
...but if you say it in Japanese...
The moon is beautiful today, isn't it?
It's beautiful and soft and painful.
It's painful...
...but if you don't say it in words...
...or in any other way...
...as much as you can...
...you'll end up regretting it.
Yes.
You have to do it...
...and all of a sudden...
...you want to say it.
Yes.
So...
...when you think "in words"...
...you feel like you don't have enough words.
You feel like you don't have enough words.
My feelings...
...that I couldn't put into words...
...became a song and overflowed.
Tonight...
...Utada Hikaru will deliver for the first time...
...a bouquet for you.
You don't usually put on make-up, but this morning you put on light make-up.
Between the beginning and the end, we made a promise not to forget.
I'll give you a bouquet, my beloved one, my beloved one.
No matter what words we put together, they can't be the truth.
Look, I'll give you a bouquet of tearful colors today.
Every day's unknown hardships and loneliness have disappeared.
If only we could only have fun, we wouldn't know love.
I'll give you a bouquet of flowers.
There are so many things I want to say to you.
But only God knows.
I'll give you a bouquet of tearful colors today.
Even if it's with both hands, I can't hold it all in.
Thank you for all of the bright scenery.
Even when it rained all over the world, your smile was my sun.
Even if I can't tell you now, it doesn't change the truth.
Come on, hug me. Just once.
Before I say goodbye, I'll give you a bouquet of flowers.
My love, my love.
No matter what I say, it's not enough to praise you.
So today, I'll give you a bouquet of tearful colors.
I'll give you a bouquet of tearful colors.
For you... for you...
Utada Hikaru's song, which has been popular all over the world, has stimulated many artists.
That fairy above the stomach also covers "cherry blossoms drops".
Utada Hikaru's famous songs have touched our hearts.
From now on, fairy above the stomach, who respects her music, will approach the charm of her lyrics.
It's been a while, but she came to my live show and sang "automatic" all of a sudden.
"Oh, "automatic", I know, I know. Well, I thought I could sing it somehow if I went on stage, but I couldn't sing it at all.
I'm sorry.
Here are the lyrics of "automatic", a 15-year-old debut song that shocked Yosui.
There is something different on the computer screen, and when you hold it in your hand, it says "it's warm".
Well, it's a representative computer with no coldness, no air quality, and no emotions.
I think a lot of people were impressed by the expression "getting warmer" in those words.
I'm sure it was the same for everyone, but I wonder what a 15-year-old would do if a 15-year- old girl wrote like this.
I was most impressed with the title.
- Oh, really? - "Automatic".
- Oh, I see. - In other words...
If I wrote "getting warmer" like this, it would automatically become like that.
"Someone else made me do it." I've never heard of that approach.
I was quite surprised at how she came up with this concept.
At first, I was told that I looked like I was in my mid-twenties.
- Oh, I see. - In pictures and such.
I might have been biased in some way.
Also, I wondered why she was singing.
It must have been hard for her to sing like that.
I guess you could say that. But she did sound like she was in pain.
- What was that? - I don't know why.
That's where it changed the most while I was resting.
I started singing like I wasn't in pain.
When I think about it now, I wonder why I was singing like I was in pain.
There must be a reason for people who sing and make sounds like that.
But does it make you feel sad as an instrument?
Even when I sang a fun song, people said it made me feel sad.
I think she was born into the world to convey this loneliness.
It's the same with other songs, but not this one.
Even if you don't say my name, come here and you'll know it right away
From my lips, naturally, tears fall
But even if you lose your words, you're the happiest
Even if you don't like something, when I see you, everything flies away
I can't see you, my rainy day
When I hear your voice, naturally, sun will shine
just by hearing your voice.
I just can't tell.
Next, Yosui-san chose "traveling".
She drew attention to "singing".
Traveling
There is also humor.
Singing
There is also a phrase like "unhealthy and troublesome".
For me, it's a little funny phrase.
Humor is like that.
Usually, lyricists don't use that phrase.
I felt humor when I used it in a different way based on what it meant to everyone.
But I really use it like that.
Humor is like the only thing you can do when you can't do anything.
You can't change anything, but you try to make it yours.
I think humor is very important.
I like general humor.
It can be a weapon.
Humor helps you when you have to break through the current situation.
Yes, there is a sincere scream behind the humor.
Breakthrough Impulse
"Breakthrough Impulse" is a bit like...
how can I say... punk or dissatisfaction...
destructive or extreme.
I'm not in a hurry, but...
it's like...
office work or a moment...
it's like...
I feel like I'm in a hurry.
Most of the songs I listen to...
I don't feel like, "Oh well, I listened to it."
I'm one of the few artists who makes you think, "What if I listen to it again?"
I'm very happy.
I'm not in a hurry, but...
it's like...
I feel like, "Oh well, I listened to it again."
I'm one of the few artists who makes you think, "What if I listened to it again?"
I'm one of the few artists who makes you think, "Oh well, I listened to it again."
I'm not in a hurry, but...
it's like...
I feel like, "Oh well, I listened to it again."
I'm not in a hurry, but...
it's like...
Where are you going?
No matter how far it is, I'll reach you.
She is represented by her voice, but I think her sadness is what attracts many Japanese people.
I feel like I was born and raised in a special environment.
I feel like she is an outsider for both America and Japan.
I may look like a Japanese person, but I don't get used to Japanese society.
Even in a city that is said to be a human reservoir, I am often asked where I am from.
My family is different from my friends', so I feel like I am an outsider in every aspect of life.
I feel like I am an outsider in every aspect of life.
The sadness I felt was the life I have been living.
By the way, my favorite Takahata Mitsuki song is "prisoner of love".
Every time I hear it, I feel like my heart is being tightened.
Tell me a lie.
I try to close my eyes and cry all the time.
I don't know anything, darling blues.
Everyone is looking for peace.
Even though we are full, we steal each other's shadows of love.
Every boring day began to shine suddenly.
From the day you appeared,
I thought loneliness and pain were normal.
I'm just a prisoner of love.
Just a prisoner of love.
It's been six years since the song "new song" by Hikaru Utada came back.
It's a collaboration of challenges that we've never had before.
A duet with Sina Ringo, who made her debut in the same season.
A vacation for only a short time.
A carnival in front of a pier.
What impact did six years of human activity have on "new song"?
The lyrics have changed...
I think the lyrics have changed the most.
The production staff around me... We've been on the same team all the time, but they said it a lot.
In other words, you've been honest.
I think it's more like reality.
I think the previous songs had some kind of fantasy atmosphere.
Among the impressions we received this time, like "new song" recently...
What made me happiest was that your music became more physical.
I felt like I was opened up.
It's because I had the courage to say "go" in front of you.
It's because you opened up.
I was able to accept it properly.
But I kept my distance from the images and demands of Hikaru Utada in my real life.
I was stressed out by paying for water bills and throwing out garbage.
I was like "what am I going to eat today?"
I was doing normal things like that.
I think that's one of the reasons, but it's not a fantasy. It's the first time I felt like I was really alive.
Before, I was running through a character like a strong girl, and I think that's the biggest thing that's gone this time.
It's not like I'm strong or anything like that. It's me, but it's not the main me.
I think I've gotten used to the feeling and the situation that I don't have to go through a character like that.
I feel like the mystery has been solved a little.
Hikaru Utada's lyrics have evolved over time.
Tonight, for the first time, "tomodachi" is also a song that depicts loneliness and sadness in an unexpected way.
Ah, this is a song of a same-sex lover's feelings hidden from someone who is not a same-sex lover.
It just came out of me.
It is a symbol of the feelings of someone who has hidden feelings.
Feelings that must be hidden.
There is such a dilemma and suffering.
The story is the same as "hidden love", right?
It doesn't have to be love.
The title is very frank, but the background is very drawn.
No matter how much you forgive the other person's feelings,
it's different if you say everything you think and say anything you say.
A sense of distance, a sense of just the right distance, can be measured.
So it doesn't matter if it's gender or love.
There may be many songs that sing about a sense of distance between people.
Now, Utada Hikaru is singing "setsunasa" which means "feelings beyond life".
"obukuro nariyaki" is a song that "tomodachi" and "hikaru" co-star.
She offers songs to "campanella" on Wednesdays.
She is a representative creator of the Heisei era.
I think it will be easier for people like that to sing their own songs.
There was no pressure like "I have to hold back all emotions and all aspects of myself",
so it was very interesting.
Utada Hikaru can make a troupe.
She can make a troupe.
She seems like a good friend.
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If I could reveal what's in my heart, no, I can't do that
I'm very good at lying, but my heart is full of stupid news
I want to kiss you, I don't need a hug, so let me
have more kisses, like I thought
Oh, I can't be your friend, I can't be your friend, oh
Oh, I want to touch you right now, but I can't help it, oh
Oh, I can't be your friend, I can't be your friend, oh
If you don't like me anymore, I can't live
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Embarrassing delusions and endless dreams, I'll take them with me
To the barren graveyard
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Oh, I want to touch you right now, but I can't help it, oh
Oh, I can't be your friend, I can't be your friend, oh
If I'm not your number one anymore, it doesn't make sense, oh
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Two years have passed since the death of her mother, Keiko Fujii, last summer.
Utada Hikaru has become a mother.
The existence of a child who has been born has been a great opportunity for her to overcome her mother's death.
If I hadn't been pregnant after my mother died and if I didn't have a child now, I probably wouldn't have made an album or started a job.
In particular, when I became a parent, I thought it was interesting to see my own children.
In the first experience of being born, the basics of personality and world view are formed and formed, right?
Isn't it amazing that you've completely forgotten about it at that time?
In other words, everything is unconscious and in darkness.
Everyone lives with it, and from there various anxieties, worries, and suffering come out, right?
"Why am I like this?" "Why do you do this?"
When you become a parent and look at your own children, you can see the first two or three years of your blank.
"Oh, I used to be like this." When you become a parent and look at your own children, you can see the first two or three years of your blank.
In the end, it's a gratitude for your parents or a moment when you can see where you are.
I don't know why I've been suffering like this for a long time.
I don't know why it's like this.
I feel like it's gone.
That's why various things suddenly fall.
I found myself because I became a parent myself.
And like the song, Hikaru overcomes his mother's death.
The song I'm going to sing to my dead mother is "road".
You are in my heart.
Whenever and wherever.
Even if you walk alone on the road,
you are the beginning.
I thought about what I wanted to say in this album.
What is the concept? What is the main message?
I wrote the lyrics at that time.
It was the second half of the album, so I thought about what I wanted to say in this album.
I thought about what I had to say.
That's why I came up with this song.
It's like a theme song.
"Oh, I said it!" It's a very refreshing song.
If you're looking for something missing, you'll find your true love.
That's right.
I'm not allowed to be honest.
I'm responsible and honest.
That's what I aimed for and worked hard for.
It was difficult for me to be honest with myself.
No one can be more honest with themselves or face themselves more.
No one can tell me about the lyrics.
I can only communicate with myself.
When I write lyrics, I think about what I want to say and what I feel when I come up with a theme song like this.
It was very difficult for me to ask for it myself, but I think I was able to answer it myself.
The existence of a huge mother and death.
Worries and straight feelings for my mother.
Everything about me started with my mother.
Singer Utada Hikaru is taking a new step as a human being.
Please listen to me one last time.
Road
The stars that don't disappear and the sad songs that shine in my heart will one day become nostalgic songs.
Invisible scars color my soul.
Even if I fall, I'll get up.
If I get lost, I'll stop.
And I'll ask, "If it's you, what would you do at a time like this?"
You're in my heart.
Whenever and wherever, I walk alone on a summer forest road.
But you were the beginning.
It's lonely, it's lonely, it's lonely, it's lonely.
But I'm not alone, not alone, not alone, not alone, not alone.
I think there was a time when I was in a good mood like that.
People are not all alive, they are all made alive.
You can't just believe in what you see.
The standard that stands in the mirage of life is uncontrollable.
No matter what you do or who you're with, you're in my heart.
Even if I walk alone and get lost, I can hear your voice.
It's lonely, it's lonely, it's lonely, it's lonely.
You are every song, every song, every song, every song, every song.
This is the truth.
You're in my heart.
Whenever and wherever, I walk alone on a summer forest road.
But you were there.
It's lonely, it's lonely, it's lonely, it's lonely.
But I'm not alone, not alone, not alone, not alone, not alone.
That's how I feel.
It's lonely, it's lonely.
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